Google alert failed to warn people of Turkey earthquake

The tech giant claims millions of people were sent a warning before the deadly earthquake earlier this year. More »

Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 strikes near coast of northern Chile

(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said, with local news media reporting some damage and minor landslides in areas near the epicenter. Chile’s interior minis... More »

Powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 strikes near coast of northern Chile

(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said, and some damage and minor landslides were reported in areas near the epicenter, according to local media. A number o... More »

NASA launches new rover to search for signs of past Martian life

(This July 30 story refiles to add details on previous NASA rovers, landers) By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to s... More »

Shake it, baby! NASA robotic lander confirms quakes on Mars

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA’s robotic InSight lander has for the first time established that Mars is seismically active, but do not call the shaking, rattling and rolling taking place on the Red Planet earthquakes. The proper term, fittingly, is marsquakes. Sc... More »

Philippine volcano recharging, scientist says, as shops, hotels told to keep shut

MANILA (Reuters) – A restive volcano in the Philippines has a high risk of eruption as it is “recharging” with fresh magma and rising emissions of toxic gas, a top scientist said on Monday, while authorities ordered commercial establishments to stay shut. Eart... More »

Philippine financial markets shut after volcano spews ash over Manila

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine financial markets were shut on Monday to ensure the safety of employees and traders after a volcano near Manila spewed huge volumes of ash that drifted across the nation’s capital. The suspensions cover stocks, fixed-income, and d... More »

Philippines hunts for survivors after quake levels trade building

MANILA (Reuters) – Rescue teams in the southern Philippines searched for signs of life on Monday in a collapsed shopping center after a powerful earthquake that killed at least three people and wounded dozens more. Disaster response officials said five people ... More »

Factbox: Previous volcanic eruptions in New Zealand

(Reuters) – At least five people were killed, up to 20 injured and several were reported missing after a volcano suddenly erupted off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island on Monday, spewing a plume of ash thousands of feet into the air. Here are some p... More »

One killed, several injured in New Zealand volcano eruption

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – At least one person was killed, several injured and others reported missing in New Zealand after a volcano erupted off the east coast of its North Island on Monday, spewing a plume of ash thousands of feet into the air. Twenty-three peop... More »

Factbox: Royal Caribbean cruise ship near New Zealand’s White Island

(Reuters) – Some of the tourists on New Zealand’s White Island during Monday’s volcano eruption were passengers on a cruise ship visiting the area, cruise line officials say. The ship, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas, is in port in Tauranga, a coastal ci... More »

Tourist tweets escape from New Zealand’s White Island volcano

(Reuters) – Tourist Michael Schade stood at the crater of New Zealand’s White Island volcano minutes before it erupted on Monday and shared his terrifying experience in a series of messages and videos posted on social media. “My God, White Island volcano in Ne... More »

Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after weekend quake, no damage…

JAKARTA (Reuters) – There were no reports on Monday of major damage in Indonesia from a weekend earthquake of magnitude 6.9 off the northeastern coast of the island of Sulawesi, and authorities lifted a tsunami warning. The quake, late on Sunday, struck out at... More »

Quakes show that moon, gradually shrinking, is tectonically active

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The moon may be dynamic and tectonically active like Earth – not the inert world some scientists had believed it to be – based on a new analysis disclosed on Monday of quakes measured by seismometers in operation on the moon from 1969 an... More »

Scientists defy ‘force of nature’ to unlock secrets of Hawaii volcano

PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Dressed in heavy cotton, a helmet and respirator, Jessica Ball worked the night shift monitoring “fissure 8,” which has been spewing fountains of lava as high as a 15-story building from a slope on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. The lava p... More »

Lone woman digs for family lost under Guatemalan volcanic rubble

SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala (Reuters) – Eleven days after the Fuego volcano rained down on the Guatemalan village of San Miguel Los Lotes, a backhoe ripped the roof off one of the homes buried by ash, revealing a corpse in the still-hot dust. “It’s my sist... More »

Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano channeling molten rock through fits and…

(Reuters) – The latest bursts of molten rock, ash and toxic gas from Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii are part of an ever changing and still largely mysterious cycle of eruptions that have been at work for hundreds of thousands of years. Kilauea, on... More »

First NASA lander to study Mars’ interior launches from California

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – An Atlas 5 rocket soared into space early on Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying NASA’s first robotic lander designed for exploring the deep interior of another planet on its voyage to M... More »

First NASA lander to study Mars’ interior due for California launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – A powerful Atlas 5 rocket was poised for liftoff early on Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying to Mars the first robotic NASA lander designed entirely for exploring the deep interior of t... More »

Spacecraft for detecting ‘Marsquakes’ set for rare California launch

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After decades exploring the surface of Mars, NASA is set for the weekend launch of its first robotic lander dedicated to studying the red planet’s deep interior, with instruments to detect planetary seismic rumblings never measured anyw... More »

Death toll rises to four at South African gold mine

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Mine operator Sibanye-Stillwater said on Friday that 10 of 13 miners trapped underground at its South African gold mine were rescued but four of the 10 have died from their injuries. The miners were trapped by at the company’s Masakhan... More »

Quake of 4.7 magnitude hits central Italy, minor damage

ROME (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude on Tuesday hit an area of central Italy that was devastated by a major quake in 2016, officials said. Early reports said the Tuesday quake caused some minor damage but no serious injuries. The epicenter wa... More »

PNG declares state of emergency after deadly quake strikes rugged…

Locals surround a house that was covered by a landslide in the town of Mendi after an earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands, in this image taken February 27, 2018 obtained from social media. Francis Ambrose/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THI... More »

Dinosaur tail to be auctioned for Mexico quake reconstruction

The fossilized tail of a sauropod of the Atlasaurus imelakei species, that will be auctioned on Tuesday night in Mexico to raise funds for the reconstruction of thousands of schools damaged by September quakes, is displayed at the lobby of the BBVA Bancomer to... More »

Strong quake in Caribbean Sea shakes Honduras, Mexico and Belize, no t

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 that struck near remote islands belonging to Honduras on Tuesday was felt across northern Central America but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. The quake rattled windows in the... More »

Quake of magnitude 6.2 strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries from the quake, which struck 125 km (78 miles) ea... More »

Thousands stranded as Bali volcano alert raised to highest level

A Balinese man sits as Mount Agung volcano erupts at Lempuyang Temple in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia raised its warning for Bali’s Mount Agung volcano to the top level fou... More »

At least six die in huge Mexico quake- small tsunami triggered

An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing at least six people and triggering small tsunami waves but no major destruction. More »

Frustration grows after deadly China landslide

Women react at the site of a landslide, in the village of Xinmo, Sichuan Province, China June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer Lin Wong More »

Iceland magma drilling project may revive giant UK power cable link

A Krafla geothermal power plant is seen in Reykjahlid, Iceland, September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos Scientists will study the possibility of producing geothermal energy from magma for the first time, in a $100 million project in Iceland, whic... More »

Ancient quakes may point to sinking risk for part of California coast

FILE PHOTO: The city of Long Beach is seen at dusk, California, U.S., September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo The Big One may be overdue to hit California but scientists near Los Angeles have found a new risk for the area during a major earthquake... More »

Disaster loss estimates ignore higher cost to poor – World Bank

By Megan RowlingMARRAKESH, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Natural disasters have a more devastating impact on the poor than widely thought, f More »

`Utter devastation` after major quake, aftershocks hit New Zealand

A railway track lies damaged alongside State Highway One near Kaikoura on the upper east coast of New Zealand’s South Island following an earthquake, November 14, 2016. Sgt Sam Shepherd/Courtesy of Royal New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS A powerful... More »

Pakistan`s plan to cut disaster risk aims at a new target – schools

A shopkeeper tries to save belongings as residents use a bridge covered with floodwater after heavy rain in Nowshera District on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz By Saleem ShaikhSAJAWAL, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation... More »

Japan PM sticks to script on sales tax plans after deadly quakes

TOKYO Tokyo is sticking with plans to raise the sales tax next year, barring a financial crisis or a major natural disaster, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday, without saying whether two deadly quakes in southern Japan qualified as such as disaster. The... More »

Japan quake rattles markets as factories shut- survivors line up for food

TOKYO The Japanese share market plunged 3 percent on Monday after a series of earthquakes measuring up to 7.3 magnitude struck a southern manufacturing hub, killing at least 42 people and forcing major companies to close factories. About 30,000 rescue workers ... More »

Sony extending closure of image sensor plant in quake-hit southern Japan

TOKYO Electronics giant Sony Corp on Sunday said production at its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, southern Japan, remained suspended as it assessed damage from a powerful earthquake. Operations at its image sensor plants in Nagasaki and Oita, also on the sout... More »

Japan quakes disrupt Sony production of image sensors used in Apple iPhones

TOKYO Electronics giant Sony Corp said a factory producing image sensors for smartphone makers will remain closed while it assesses the damage from two deadly earthquakes which hit southern Japan. One of its major customers is Apple, which uses the sensors in ... More »

Former Tepco execs indicted over Fukushima nuclear disaster

TOKYO Three former Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) executives were indicted on Monday for failing to take safety measures to prevent the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011, a Tokyo District Court official said. The indictments, forced through by ... More »

More rescued two days after Taiwan quake- toll could exceed 100

TAINAN, Taiwan Rescuers pulled out alive an eight-year-old girl and her aunt from the rubble of a Taiwan apartment block on Monday, more than 60 hours after it was toppled by a quake, as the mayor of the southern city of Tainan warned the death toll could exce... More »

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